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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Attention Rhode Island Lobster and Jonah Crab Fishery Participants</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Please see the attached guidance documents related to updates to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan which will be implemented May 1, 2022.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">NOAA certified weak lines and gear marking requirements can also be found on NOAA’s Take Reduction Plan website.
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<p class="xmsonormal"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.fisheries.noaa.gov/new-england-mid-atlantic/marine-mammal-protection/2021-atlantic-large-whale-take-reduction-plan__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!ZzNTpJyXS9qSigCfY0Nd2edTSHSbcjM3_XfbLyq9fELKm_XKVvMmlimnOlHvMeX9TR7V6YaPo639$">https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/new-england-mid-atlantic/marine-mammal-protection/2021-atlantic-large-whale-take-reduction-plan
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<p class="xmsonormal">For more information, please contact, Scott Olszewski (401)423-1934
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:Chiller;color:#5B9BD5">Olivia Chatowsky<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5">Division of Coastal Resources<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5">Port of Galilee<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5">Narragansett, RI 02882<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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